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Anyone else wake up at 3am after dreaming about a series you’ve been watching – where the finale leaves you hanging so hard your brain decides to finish it for you in your sleep? Yeah. Hi. That’s me. 🙋‍♀️ Prodigal Son on Netflix did that to me. Full-on cinematic dream continuation. No credits. No closure.…

There is a unique kind of weight that comes from the mistakes you can’t outrun. Not the small missteps that fade with time, but the ones that linger. The ones that altered the course of your life. The ones that still echo in relationships, opportunities, and memories long after you’ve grown into someone wiser. Those…

Leadership does not always look like big announcements, viral wins, or shiny new initiatives. Sometimes leadership looks like staying. Staying when the funding gap feels heavier than the vision. Staying when the mission has not changed, but the path forward is still coming into focus. Staying when you are holding responsibility for people, programs, and…

I am not actually waiting for the microwave to finish. I am lying awake in Tallahassee, here for work, on the 6th floor of a building with walls so thin they feel more like a suggestion than a structure. I can hear people talking. Not muffled talking. Actual conversations. At this point, I could contribute.…

Nine years ago, I ended my sentence. There was still one and one fifth years of parole ahead of me, but that day marked the moment I walked out and went home. I was free. At least physically. What I did not understand then was that freedom does not arrive all at once. It does…

Some days, it feels like nothing lands the way it should. You say the wrong thing. You miss something you shouldn’t have. You work hard, yet it still feels like you’re behind. Even your best intentions seem to fall flat. By the end of the day, you’re left wondering how everything you touched managed to…

Most change doesn’t start with a breakthrough. It starts with a decision no one sees. Not the loud, public kind. The quiet kind. The kind you make when no one is clapping, watching, or rescuing you. We spend a lot of time waiting for circumstances to improve. For someone to show up. For the system…

Every life changed, every job earned, every family restored, and every second chance reclaimed has one thing in common: someone believed enough to give. Donors aren’t just contributors. They’re co-authors in the success stories of the people we serve. When someone steps out of incarceration, homelessness, poverty, or generational trauma, the bridge they cross into…

Every year, we talk about giving, generosity, and the importance of showing up for others. But there are moments when giving becomes more than a seasonal gesture – it becomes the foundation for real change, the kind of transformation that strengthens families, neighborhoods, and entire communities. This year, our two fundraisers – Second Chances: Stronger…